Best tweets about Psychotherapy

The moment of truth has come now. Putin is so bogged down with his geopolitical nonsense that only a truce can save him from crash.  West must realize its responsibility and not extend a helping hand to him, end ‘psychotherapeutic’ calls and go all the way to Ukranian victory.

"Psychotherapy provides the safety of an interpersonal holding environment in which a psychotic person can struggle to think and feel the unbearable with the support of another human being nearby." Michael Garrett, M.D.

In severe depressions, an exploration of the patient's life history in psychotherapy is contraindicated since the patient will selectively recall only negative life events and become more depressed. Thus, referral for medication or ECT must precede any insight-oriented therapy.

The schizophrenia patient generally requires shorter psychotherapy appointments. This is because the anxiety created by interpersonal contact can be overwhelming to the patient, especially early in treatment. Thus, 30 minute appointments are preferred vs. the typical 45 or 50.

"Those who locate the sources of their difficulties primarily in themselves seek therapy from psychotherapists.... Those who blame such environmental factors as injustice and poverty are fair game for demagogues." - Jerome Frank, M.D., Ph.D., Persuasion and Healing, 3rd ed., 1991

Myth: "The patient is too psychotic for psychotherapy." An abundance of literature spanning the past seven decades has shown that even severely psychotic patients can benefit from psychotherapy. The psychotherapy relationship is often a gateway to more comprehensive treatment.

#IAmAmberHeard because I have seen how courts repeatedly fail women and children in over 2 decades of work as a psychotherapist & advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence. #enough

A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER with STEVE CARELL playing a PSYCHOTHERAPIST? I'm in. I'm so in.

Every aspect of a meeting with a psychiatrist or in an inpatient or hospital setting should be viewed through the eyes of a psychotherapist. “Is this therapeutic?” should always be asked and discussed.

People are so brainwashed they believe if someone is struggling with their mental health they have only two options 1. Psychotherapy 2. Psychiatric drugs How did the human race evolve without those two options? How do other cultures/societies outside of western medicine live?

People are so brainwashed they believe struggling with mental health they have only two options 1. Psychotherapy 2. Psychiatric drugs How did the human race evolve without those two options? Think beyond what they tell you

When I say I am for greater access to treatment for the severely mentally ill, this includes psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and electroconvulsive therapy. To be for one and not the others is to engage in a cheap ideological war, and patients only end up losing in the end.

My account is #Autistic shared traits. Not all Autistic people, as we are not a monolith. Allistics can also have some of the traits I share, since they too are human. I’m an Autistic psychotherapist and these are traits from identification and diagnosis established fields.

"Connection Before Correction" Timing is critical in psychotherapy. A patient may feel misunderstood and criticized if directness comes too early. They may bristle at the suggestion to 'change their thoughts' from someone who hardly knows what their thoughts are.

Psychotherapy is not simply about changing one's behavior; it is also about accepting what cannot be changed. - Nancy McWilliams

We do ourselves and our patients no favours by immersing ourselves in psychotherapy from morning until night forever. - Nina Coltart

Why should we be interested in psychotherapy for psychosis? Because, as psychiatrist Michael Garrett puts it, "Although current pharmacologically oriented treatment-as-usual for psychosis reduces acute psychotic symptoms and helps prevent relapse, it is insufficiently...

A quantitative questionnaire measuring distress and therefore treatment deterioration might not account for how psychotherapy is helping someone access more freedom in their lives precisely *because* they can tolerate more uncomfortable feelings.

Psychotherapy horror movie: “I Know What You Did Last Session”

In order to "do" psychotherapy--that is, to engage a another person in a disciplined conversation and human relationship--the therapist must have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. What I mean by this is that the therapist must be patient and modest,...

While it is certainly true that psychotherapy alone cannot cure schizophrenia, it is equally true that for many patients, psychotherapy is the key to finding meaning, reclaiming a sense of personal satisfaction, and improving the patient's general life situation.

The reason I don’t believe in sky high hourly psychotherapy rates ISN’T because I believe therapy isn’t valuable or doesn’t require great skill. It’s because I live on planet earth where real people & families have to make/live within realistic monthly budgets.

'From my perspective, the main manifestation of a threat to traditional therapeutic values is the pervasive message that psychotherapists should not be trying to understand and mend the broken heart, or heal the tortured soul, or promote the acceptance of painful realities.

No two #Autistic people share the exact same traits. -Autistic Psychotherapist

Jung once observed that one can travel no further with another than one has traveled on one's own. This observation may seem commonplace to the reader, but most people don’t know that very few psychotherapists have gone through analysis themselves.~James Hollis

Watching a client grow psychologically is the closest analogue we have in professional life to the experience of watching a beloved child change... (McWilliams) I am more impressed by the differences between psychotherapy and parenting than their similarities. (Gabbard)

User research and design leader folk - how can we support user researchers dealing with traumatic things? Something between psychotherapy and peer support, more like "supervision" in psychotherapy training.

Pretty funny that psychotherapy was invented by men, all the main books written by men, all the interesting experiments done by men, and yet 70% of the students in psych departments are now women, and most of the therapists and therapy receivers are women. What explains this?

Any therapist worth their salt will know that how a person frames their emotional pain (medically, non-medically etc) will deeply impact their process of recovery (for good or ill). Knowing how to explore such framing for the client’s benefit is key to any effective psychotherapy

Were you aware that as a psychotherapist you can say "I don't know" to your patient?

Psychotherapists: I'm curious, which theorists or writers of any kind OUTSIDE of the field of psychotherapy or mental health have influenced your work as a therapist the most?

Psychotherapy: designed to become unnecessary

My favourite type of mansplaining is when men explain psychology concepts to me, a literal psychotherapist

1/ The most important psychotherapy principles I know 1️⃣Never forget why patient came to therapy. Always keep your eye on the ball of desired change 2️⃣Approach sessions with no agenda but immersing yourself in pt's experience. Embrace not knowing. Let themes emerge organically

One way I know that I’m in one of my #Autistic special interests is if I find myself thinking: “I’m doing this like it’s my job any chance I get.” But 90% of the time it’s not my job. That 10% is my job though because psychotherapy is a special interest of mine. :)

'The essence of psychotherapeutic change, however, is not the patient's comprehension of some abstract principle; rather it is the result of a human 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 in which he or she feels understood and in which this understanding is given new meanings.